Part 2 Flashcards
Decrepit transport, former warship used to house prisoners in the eighteenth and nineteenth century These were abandoned warships converted into prisons as means of relieving congestion of prisoners They were also called “Floating hells”
HULKS
Long, low, narrow, single decked ships propelled by sails, usually rowed by criminals. A type of ship used for transportation of criminals in the sixteenth century
GALLEYS
Pretrial detention facilities operated by English sheriff.
GAOLS (Jails)
Death penalty became prevalent as A form of punishment.
17th Century to Late 18th Century
Transportation of criminals in England was authorized.
16th Century
Tortures as a form of punishment became prevalent.
1468 (England)
Criminal could avoid punishment by claiming refugee in a church for a period of 40 days at the end of which time he has compelled to leave the realm by a road or path assigned to him.
Securing Sanctuary
Is the sending or putting away of an offender.
Banishment or Exile
Another type of corporal punishment use in ancient and medieval societies. Archeological evidence shows that Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, or their representative often ordered mutilation and it is according to the law of retaliation.
Mutilation
The early punishment were considered synonymous with slavery, those punished even had their “heads shaved” indicating the mark of the slave.
Polo y Servicio
extensive use in Roman days, the offenders property was confiscated in the name of the state and that his wife was declared a widow, meaning she is eligible to remarry. To society the criminal in effect “dead”.
PENAL SERVITUDE/CIVIL DEATH
v-shaped yolk worn around the neck and where the outstretched arms of convict were tied to.
Furca
The cruel form of whip their knout was made of leather strips fitted with fish hook.
Russian Knout
got its name from the marks it left on the body which were like the scratches of a cat.
CAT
Traditional form of whip consisting nine knotted cords fastened to a wooden handle.
Cat-o-nine tails
Most common physical punishment through the ages. The Mosaic code, for example authorized flogging and the Roman law specified flogging as a punishment for certain forms of theft.
Flogging/Whipping
It is Common in England during the Middle Ages as chastisement for a wide variety of crimes; the women were flogged in private, while men were whipped publicly.
Flogging/Whipping
Those physical torture by means of mutilation, whipping or flogging, stocks, furca, stoning, branding, mutilation flogging/whipping
Corporal Punishment